What an electric stove and oven costs to run in Texas
Texas homes use 288 kWh a year on an electric stove and oven. Priced on top of the rest of the bill, that costs $19.61 to $51.84 a year across 17 published Texas plans — a $32.23 gap. Checked September 2, 2026.
Every priced plan, average
| Plan | Per year | vs cheapest | Effective |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESIDENTIAL ELECTRIC SPACE HEATING SERVICEtime-of-use · needs electric heating | $18.72 | −$0.89 | 7.2¢ |
| RS - TOD✓ cheapesttime-of-use | $19.61 | — | 7.4¢ |
| Residential Time-of-Use Pilot Program - Outside Austintime-of-use · pilot programme | $20.21 | +$0.60 | 7.9¢ |
| Residential servicetime-of-use | $20.52 | +$0.91 | 7.8¢ |
| RA - Residential All-Electrictime-of-use · tiered · needs an all-electric home | $22.96 | +$3.35 | 9.3¢ |
| RE - Residential Servicetime-of-use · tiered | $27.76 | +$8.15 | 10.1¢ |
| Residential Service - TOUtime-of-use · demand charge | $29.08 | +$9.47 | 10.9¢ |
| Residential Time-of-Use Pilot Programtime-of-use · pilot programme | $32.88 | +$13.27 | 12.8¢ |
| Residential Service - TOU (Alternative)time-of-use | $35.19 | +$15.58 | 13.0¢ |
| Residential - Outside Austintiered | $35.40 | +$15.79 | 12.4¢ |
| Residential Net Metering Servicetime-of-use · tiered · needs on-site generation | $35.56 | +$15.95 | 11.5¢ |
| Residential Servicetime-of-use · tiered | $36.60 | +$16.99 | 13.4¢ |
| Residential LSP POLR(McAllen Service Area)flat rate | $38.52 | +$18.91 | 14.1¢ |
| Residential Service Low Incometime-of-use · tiered · low-income rate | $38.94 | +$19.33 | 13.4¢ |
| Residentialtiered | $40.20 | +$20.59 | 13.1¢ |
| Residential Low Incometiered · low-income rate | $41.04 | +$21.43 | 19.0¢ |
| Residential LSP POLRflat rate | $51.84 | +$32.23 | 18.9¢ |
Cost across usage levels
The cheapest plan at each consumption level, showing whether the ranking holds as usage changes.
- Lighter use — cheapest $8.75 (RS - TOD), dearest $23.04, a $14.29 spread
- Average — cheapest $19.61 (RS - TOD), dearest $51.84, a $32.23 spread
- Heavier use — cheapest $26.16 (RS - TOD), dearest $69.12, a $42.96 spread
What an electric stove and oven costs here
Across 17 plans priced in Texas, an electric stove and oven adds $19.61 to $51.84 a year — $1.63 to $4.32 a month. The median plan puts an electric stove and oven at $35.29 a year.
Cheapest for an electric stove and oven: RS - TOD, El Paso Electric Co (New Mexico). Dearest: Residential LSP POLR, Sharyland Utilities LP.
Those 288 kWh are billed at 6.8¢–18.0¢, against a 12.7¢ whole-bill average on the median plan: they land in the last tier the household reaches, so the average rate understates them by up to 5.3¢ per kWh.
What Texas homes use
EIA's 2020 residential survey found 288 kWh a year across 708 sampled homes that run one, near the national 290 kWh. The middle half spans 128 kWh to 384 kWh, so an electric stove and oven varies by 256 kWh between one household and another.
The cooktop and oven together. Microwaves are counted separately. That average covers homes that cook with electricity — 70% of homes here.
That makes an electric stove and oven about 2% of the electricity a Texas home uses. The remaining 13,152 kWh is what an electric stove and oven is billed on top of, and on a tiered or time-of-use plan that is what sets the rate it meets.
By provider
On each Texas provider's cheapest plan: El Paso Electric Co (New Mexico), $19.61; City of Lubbock, Texas (Utility Company), $20.52; City of San Antonio, Texas (Utility Company), $27.76; El Paso Electric Co, $29.08; Austin Energy, $35.40; Sharyland Utilities LP, $38.52.
Sharyland Utilities LP charges $18.91 a year more than El Paso Electric Co (New Mexico) on RS - TOD for the same 288 kWh.
Light and heavy use of an electric stove and oven
A household in the lighter quarter runs an electric stove and oven for 128 kWh a year and pays $8.75 on the cheapest plan. One in the heavier quarter runs it for 384 kWh and pays $26.16 — $17.41 more for an electric stove and oven on the same tariff.
Limits
A 2020 survey average for Texas, not a measurement of any one home, priced against the 17 Texas tariffs WattClear has ingested — not every plan sold there.
New to these terms? The methodology page explains tiered bands, time-of-use periods and fixed charges, and sets out exactly what the rate engine assumes.
Estimate — your actual bill may differ.
Tariff structures from NREL/OpenEI Utility Rate Database (CC0 1.0), retrieved September 2, 2026.
Location resolved through the US Census Bureau Geocoder (Public domain) at 26.2034, -98.2300.